Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult, since Quebeckers are not the only Canadians with grievances. The resource-rich western provinces complain of Ottawa's indifference to their needs and want more control over their oil and minerals. Still, as Chrétien said of last week's referendum: "It is a signal for everyone to sit down at the bargaining table. We can't go on living with this trauma that has been eating away at us for the last few years...
...Coke than the mashed bean and sprout spread the Clamshell food tent is dishing out), the main body heads out through the woods to the field. Like old European battles, both sides have the decency to wait for the other to prepare--more police arrive by the minute. On signal, the demonstrators hook one section of fence and pull, and glory be to God it comes down, allowing access to a twenty-by-thirty foot storage yard surrounded by another fence. Before the demonstrators can claim this modest territorial gain, however, a squad of troopers and policemen emerged from behind...
...more than psychological warfare that concerned the U.S. and its allies they met in Brussels earlier in the The meeting originally was going be one of the periodic gatherings of defense ministers. But Jimmy Carter had urged that foreign ministers also attend in order to signal the West's growing alarm at Moscow's military adventurism. In the course of 36 hectic hours in Brussels, Muskie emphasized Washington's determination to meet the Soviet challenge. Said British Defense Minister Francis Pym: "Muskie repeated the U.S commitment to Europe in the strongest terms I have ever heard...
...thus narrowing the gap with the OPEC nations that charge about $35 per bbl. Defending the tattered and admittedly rather feeble fee to a congressional subcommittee, Treasury Secretary G. William Miller warned: "Backing away from such a moderate and sensible step would send a very troubling signal to the American people, to the world financial markets and to the governments of OPEC...
...allow local church authorities to make exceptions if they decide a priest's involvement in politics would be for the good of the community. The Pope formally revoked only the exemption given to Drinan in 1970. Nonetheless, the Catholic hierarchy interpreted the Pope's act as a signal that John Paul will apply Article 139 much more strictly than his predecessors did. Said a church spokesman in Washington: "It is clear that the Pope does not want Catholic priests to hold elective offices anywhere...